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j UNiTnD srn'rns ALBERT J. Koenen ANDJULES' r, eoDEFRoY,

or NEW Yoan, N. Y.

' .HrNGEf To all whom t may concern: f. v

Be it known that we, AInERT J. KUGLER,

7 a citizen of the Republic of France, "and f `portion of the hingeresting on t e JULES F. GODEFROY, v States, and residents of the cit-y'of N York, borough of Manhattan, in` the count a citizenl of theUnit-edf`- and Improved ling is a full, clear, and exact description.

' In most of the hinges asused'at present ffor doors, covers, or othersimilar' objects, the same are attached to the object by means` 'ofscrews or boltslengaging a surface of the object near the hinged edge.Ac.- cording to the weight of the object hinged,c

. a number of screws or bolts is used, and in can be quicklyvconsequence of the ro-Ximity of these bolts or screws to the e geof theobject'hinged the same is weakened minimum has eightsupport it, isgreat; 4andits appearance on the object with the screws or bolts isunsightly.

To obviate the abovedefects, we have in- Vented a simple, inexpensivehinge which and easily placed, which is' neat in appearance on-tfheobject, and will not noticeably weaken the edge of the obj ect near thehinge.v

The above outlined objects we'carry out by means of a hinge havingprojecting arms received-within the .material of the object andmaintained in the desired position by means of a member engaging the armand the material of the object to be hinged.

The invention consists of the construction and combination of parts to'be more fully described hereinafter and fully set forth in the claims.

Reference is to behad to the accompanying drawings forming a part-ofthis specification, in which like characters indicate correspondingparts in all the views and in- Figure 1 is an elevation of a closed doorand part of the door frame provided with an embodiment of our section online 2 2, Fig. 3 ;`Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line 3 3, Fig. 2;and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the hinge members.

. Referring to thel drawings, a door 1Q is Y specicationf :tienersPatent.

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of the body and to a great extent. z The time of placing a hinge, whichat the'- apertures, for -screws toV A" Thebody portion invention; Fig. 2is a hinged to thedoor-t'rame- OS 11 by means of a hinge formed of twoequal superposed l y part or member 12 is prowith La "bodyf portie-1113.adapted to ontact `withl the face of the object to be hinged.Int'egrally formed therewith and and State of New York, have invented-anfewff Hinge, of which the follow- .E

extending from one end to substantially its middle isa cylindricalportion 14 having a central bore .15 threaded at its outer end. Thecylindrical.. portion l14 is `rovided with a lateral slot lfvhaving thewidth of the bore 15. The body 13 is also provided with "a )hook 17positioned midway between the end the inner end of the cylin c lri'ealportion 14 and in axial alinement with the said cylindrical ortion, thatis, the.. .axi's of the bore 15 and tli i "alinement with it is thesame. VThe hook portion is directed away cal portion 14, The length ofthis hook pore'hook portion in from the cylindrition is substantiallyequal to the slot 16. The reason for this will appear hereinafter. 13,on the side adapted to contact with the face of the object to be hinged,is provided with lingers or arms 18 lying in the plane passing throughthe axis of the cylindrical member andmaking an angle of about 45degrees with the face of the lobject to be hinged'. The arms 18 areprovided with transverse apertures 1 9 so that when the member 12 isfitted against the face of an' object -to be hingedthe abutting side ofthe body 13 is drawn against the face by means of a pin 20 forcedperpendicularly to the arm 18 and through the opening 19 so that itdraws the arm 18 intothe body of the object to be hinged. The pin 20prevents' the pulling out secured.'

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the door Lpost 11 carries one member 12 sodisposed that the cylindrical portion 1,4 is at the lower end of thebodyportion 13and the hook portion 17 is near the upper end of same. Thedoor 10, similarly,`carriesa member 12, but disposed oppositely to theone on the post. The member 12 of the door is engaged with' themember'12 of the post by facing-the' hook portions of of the twomembers, and, as before Stated, the length of the slots being` equal tothe length of the hook portion 17 `the same willy pass through andregister Wit-h the doors 15 Pate'ntedOct. 28, 1913. i Application medMaren a5, 1913. serial No. 756,645. L

bothmembers with the slots 16 portion and the hook door" member can movetoward the cylin? drical portion of the post'member. v The bores of theopposite Jraces of the cylindrical portionsli receive a ball 21 the'tcenter oiipwhichv necessarily lies in the axis for `the vhooks andthebores ofthe members ,wllllhen'thetwo lmembers 12 are in position,`asshown inFigs. 1 and 2, the hook ,of Aveachfot. the ,members projectsinto the l threaded portion oit-the bores 15; and to Aprevent tilting onthe ball when, theV door is openedv or closed, `caps 22 are insertedinto the threaded endof bores 15 and are prof 'vided with a recessportion 23 forming a.

bearing for the end ofthe-hook 17., so thatv when the doorV is opened orclosed, while it pivots on the balls 21, itis prevented from *tilting onsame by the recesses formed in the caps and guiding `end Vof the hooks1T.' 4,To allow the door tor open, the cylindrical portions 14 areprovided with horizontally disposed notches 24 in alinement, with thehorizontal portions of the hook -17 when in position shown in Figs. l2'.; 1` i rIt can 'beeasily seen that with our hinge theentire. weightis supported by the two varms engaged in thematerial of the object tober4 hinged; and due to the angularity oi the arms with the-hingedportion the'saine engages the object not near its surface but div-ergingfrom the surface, so that the amount of material between the two'parallel arms and above and below constitutes a supportfor the objectattached, and, also, being away from the-surface, there will be enoughmaterial to resist the tendency oiI breaking when the hinged object ismoved about the hinge. made such as to be sufficient to withstand such atendency; and it must also be remarked that the body portion, coming incontact with theV surface of the object, will prevent any such tendency,as it will form an abut ment, and the arms fitted snugly into theapertures 'formed in the object and the pin engaging saidarms, ,and theobject. will l w l s I I, v' f I I L Conietfo' this patent `maybeobtained foi' ve cents each, by addressing the Commissionerriflettente,

The inclination can be prevent any displacement of the hinged memberJfrom the object.

To make the holes for the arms at the proper angle so that the bodyportion abuts properly against the face of the object to be hinged, weprovide a tool by means of which the holes for the arms and the pins canbe simultaneously boredat properanigles; and

this forms a separateapplieation, which is iled in the Patent Oiice. f

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and 'desire tosecure by Letters Patent is: l'

1. In a hinge, a pair of members, each comprising a body portion, acylindrical portion, a hook, and a pair of arms, said cylindricalportion having means whereby the hooks oii'the other member are adapte-ito engage said cylindrical portion and move therein, thereby forming apivotal conne@ tion between said members.

2. In' a hinge, a pair of members, each having a body portion, acylindrical portion, a hook, and a pair of arms, said cylin-` dricalportion having an axial bore, a slot from the lateral surface to saidbore, and y through said slot the hook of the other 1nem ber is adaptedto enter the bore and move in same; and a. cap in said bore forming abearingfor the hook in said bore.

3. ln a hinge, a pair of members,` each having` a body portion, acylindrical portion, a hook, a pair of arms, said'cylindrical portionhaving an axial bore, a slot from' the lateral surface to said bore, and

ber is adapted to enter the bore and move in same; a cap in said boreJforming a bearing for the hook in said bore; and ,a rball intermediatesaid cylindrical portions constituting a bearing for said members. l

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification' inthe presence of vtwo .subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT J; Kristina. JULES r. eonernov.

Witnesses BENEDICT Gorra, PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS.

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-through said slot the hook or the other mem-

